Windows 10: Deleted Windows.old, not enough disk space freed

Deleted Windows.old, not enough disk space freed

As the title suggests, only 9 gigabytes of disk space appear to have been freed after deleting roughly 18 gigabytes worth of old Windows files via Windows Disk Cleanup. Since the Windows.old folder still exists even after the cleanup, I decided to check the folder properties to see if the folder still took up some space, but it was completely empty, save for a few empty subfolders that I didn't have permission to delete myself. I tried Disk Cleanup a second time, but it did not give me the option to delete old Windows files. Anybody got an answer for me? Please hurry. My poor SSD is suffering. It needs more games.

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Those empty Windows.old folders do not take up any space and if I recall correctly, they will go away eventually. As to the space usage on your SSD you have to be more precise. Best is to post a picture.

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As the title suggests, only 9 gigabytes of disk space appear to have been freed after deleting roughly 18 gigabytes worth of old Windows files via Windows Disk Cleanup. Since the Windows.old folder still exists even after the cleanup, I decided to check the folder properties to see if the folder still took up some space, but it was completely empty, save for a few empty subfolders that I didn't have permission to delete myself. I tried Disk Cleanup a second time, but it did not give me the option to delete old Windows files. Anybody got an answer for me? Please hurry. My poor SSD is suffering. It needs more games.

My apologies for the delayed response; I've gotten so tied up this week that I completely forgot to reply. The software distribution folder amounts to only 304 megabytes, so that didn't free up a whole lot of space. As for the command prompt solution, I got an error, as is depicted in the screenshot below.

The fact that I have pending Windows updates awaiting a restart slipped into my head as a possible cause, but I have no basis for this suspicion and am rather uneducated when it comes to using command prompt, so I'll paste the logs from today (the entire log file was quite long, as you might imagine) so that one of you might be able to identify what the problem is.

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To Windows updaters (those who've upgraded rather than done a "Clean install").
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